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Vertigo Vertigo Known as the "Master of Suspense" for his skills in directing psychological thrillers, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in England in 1899. Throughout his illustrious career, Hitchcock directed masterpieces such as Psycho, Rear Window, The Birds, and Vertigo. Hitchcock, commonly called "Hitch", had the chance to evolve along with all kinds of remarkable innovations that revolutionized the film industry. When he directed his first motion picture, Mrs. Peabody, back in 1922, a film he never completed, film technology was still in its early stages. Movies were silent, shot in black and white, at a projection speed of 16 frames per second, on a rather square screen. Sound became available in 1926, color became increasingly popular in the 1940's, movies eventually started being shot at a speed of 24 frames per second, and the wide screen format was introduced in 1953. Hitchcock began making feature films in the United States in 1939 and subsequently became an American citizen. Vertigo was released in 1958 and had an immediate impact on the film industry. Hollywood was shocked by how abrupt and deceiving the movie's ending w